El Paso welcomed the REFORMA National Conference (RNC) III from 18 -21 September. Programs and events were organized under the theme of “Bridging the Gaps: Juntos@the Border.” RNC III was dedicated to the work of the late Dr. Arnulfo Duenes Trejo, who is attributed with founding REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information [...]
D.H. Figueredo, author of the Latino Chronology and the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature, among other titles, recently delivered the following keynote addess to the Joint REFORMA Northeast Mini-Conference at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City.
It would be pretentious of me to speak of myself as a writer. I have been blessed that I have published 11 books, [...]
Greenwood’s Latino Chronology, written by Latino American Experience Advisory Board member D.H. Figueredo, has been named a New York Library Association Best Reference for 2007. The 170-page Chronology serves as the basis for LAE’s Timeline feature. Below librarian and scholar D.H. Figueredo shares his thoughts on receiving this prestigious award for the second time. (He [...]
After September 11, 2001, many elected officials responded to anti-immigrant sentiment by proposing legal provisions to ensure that illegal immigrants did not enter the nation and that those already in the United States would be forced to leave, or at least barred from public services. This political backdrop created the basis for a bill introduced [...]
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